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i honestly don't know what to make of this one. i mean, i could have bought it like 3 months ago, and didn't because i had a hard time getting into it. i bought it last night because of a sale (that, and i only had five minutes before the store closed, and i was panicking to remember all of the volume numbers that i need for the many series i have started). i really had to force myself to read this. i caught myself putting it down at least 3 or 4 times. i can't explain why. the story is developing nicely, there is still romantic intrigue to keep me interested, the wierd your grandpa is really your dad threw me a bit off, but i should be interested in this. the second half of the book was way better than the first half. i can't wait to see how asahi's character continues to twist in the next book. i can't even say develops, it literally seems like her whole character makeup is twisting. it's brilliant!

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Natsuki Takaya (高屋 奈月 Takaya Natsuki, real name Naka Hatake) is the penname of a Japanese manga artist best-known for creating the series Fruits Basket. She was born on July 7, 1973; (Tanabata). Takaya is left-handed and once revealed that she wanted to be a mangaka since first grade, when her sister started drawing.

She was born in Shizuoka, Japan, but was raised in Tokyo, where she made her debut in 1992. She enjoys video games such as the Final Fantasy series or Sakura Wars, or working on her different manga series, such as Fruits Basket, which is the second best-selling shōjo manga ever in Japan, and the top selling shōjo manga in North America. Fruits Basket has also been adapted into a twenty-six-episode anime series.

In 2001, Takaya received a Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga for Fruits Basket.

According to Takaya (in a sidebar of a Fruits Basket manga volume), she enjoys drawing girls (girly ones) more than she does boys. Takaya also enjoys electronics and music, but dislikes talking about herself. Also revealed in a sidebar of Fruits Basket, Takaya broke her drawing arm (left) after Fruits Basket volume six was published. She had to go into surgery, and as a result, had put Fruits Basket on a brief hiatus. Takaya made a full recovery, but complains that her handwriting had gotten uglier, due to the surgery. During her hospital stay, she gained an interest in baseball.